What does that song try to say, or what story does it tell ?

A very bizzare song indeed but one of my favorite Alice Cooper's songs.


To me, it is about a guy (name Steven of course) who is basically insane and kills his love(?). Whether that is the meaning or not, that is my understanding of it.




Cat

The song cannot be taken out of the context of the other two (Years Ago, The Awakening)

To me the song is an exploration inside the mind of a man (Steven) who is stuck psychologically at the age of a little boy ("I'm a little boy, No I'm a great big man"), due to some trauma ("all my toys are broken, and so am I inside, mom").  The song Steven is the "nightmare" he experiencesas he comes to terms with his past. 
As for dying (I don't want to feel you die"), I think this is Steven dealing with the past.  Young Steven has to "die" so that the trauma can be dealt with and adult Steven can move on. 

I still can't pick the significance of the line "You've only lived a minute of your life" however. 

"Years Ago" tells of the past trauma, "Steven" tells of him coming to terms with it, and "The Awakening " tells of the resoultion after the psychological journey. 

In high school, I read an interview that Alice Cooper did. His real name is Steven Cooper. As a child he was molested by his step father and then dumped at the carnival. He never saw his mother or step father again. This is what the song "Years Ago" is about. In the interview, he talked about how the song "Steven" is a continuation of the song "Years Ago." It is him as an adult looking back at his childhood when he was alone and broken after being raped and then dumped at the carnival. That is why the album is called "Welcome to My Nightmare." It was his real life nightmare, and a biography of his life.

Alice's real name is vincent furnier, just to erase confusion there. I dont think the interview mentioned can have been very sincere seeing as i am not aware of alice having a stepfather (his mother and father are still together) and i find it highly unlikely that the raping incident ever happened.
As for the Steven song, I wouldnt like to say, although i notice that in the album notes to the following album, Alice Cooper Goes To Hell, the 'bedtime story' at the beginning involves a boy called steven and a dream/nightmare. coincidental?

Yes Alice Cooper's real nameis Vincent Furnier.He was never at a circus or raped your information is completely wrong.

Don't forget that "The Awakening" recalls "Only Women Bleed". My impression is that the child, Steven dies after only living "a minute" of his life (figuratively), and then possesses his father, who put pennies on his eyes.

Putting the songs into chronological order:
1. "Steven" happens first: it's the beginning of this particlar nightmare. A child dies and his father is possessed by Steven.
2. Some time later, possessed by Steven's malevolent spirit, Steven's father kills his wife (Steven's mother), and his realisation is told in "The Awakening".
3. Steven Sr. flips, and as Steven Jr., goes to play in the park, remembering how he was "Years Ago". Steven hears his (now dead) mother calling him.
4. Steven Sr. tells us that "Only Women Bleed". Chronologically speaking, the middle section recalls that moment of realisation when he'd just killed his wife.

>:( grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you all got it wrong!!!!!!!  Alice was called vincent yes but quit tryin to figure out his songs cause he is just writing about what he likes to write about and he mght just like the name stephen. Its not like he's gonna think about all this logic for a song. He just likes death and horrer ect. with dead and wants to express that.

GOOD ON HIM! :D